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Wimberley Players and 7A Ranch currently seeking actors for Haunted Pioneer Town. Submitted photo

Wimberley’s Haunted Pioneer Town calls for actors

Sun, 08/15/2021 - 5:00am

Wimberley Players is once again partnering with 7A Ranch to haunt Pioneer Town. Performances will be Friday through Sunday, October 29, 30 and 31. The organizations are calling for actors to perform and have a creative role in many of the haunted scenes. 7A Resort has been working to restore the train, which makes possible the new Haunted Pioneer Town Train Ride of Terror. Changes from previous years will add to the excitement, allowing actors to be safely distanced from patrons. The primary change is moving actors from the town to the train track meandering through the spooky wooded area. Patrons will ride the train with a narrator and experience the haunted scenes along the mile long journey. Actors will be spread out along the route and patrons cannot get off the train which provides a safe distance.

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Faces & Places focus of two new gallery shows at Price Center

El Indio, oil painting by Adriana Ibarra. Submitted Photo

A previous outdoor installation of Martian Chronicles in Kissing Alley by Christopher Paul Cardoza. Submitted photo

Faces & Places focus of two new gallery shows at Price Center

Sun, 08/15/2021 - 5:00am

A diverse mix of faces and places is represented in a new community art show featuring 113 works from 65 different area artists. The pieces are on display now through Sept. 25 throughout the first and second floor galleries of the Price Center.

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Augusta Lavender Heliotrope tops must-have plants list for 2022

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is just one of several species of butterflies that will visit the Augusta Lavender heliotrope.

The treasured Pipevine Swallowtail has found the Augusta Lavender heliotrope to be just perfect.

Augusta Lavender heliotrope and Color Coded Orange You Awesome echinacea make a colorful combination. Photos by Norman Winter

Augusta Lavender Heliotrope tops must-have plants list for 2022

Sun, 08/15/2021 - 5:00am

If someone had told me that there was a heliotrope that could hang with a lantana over a long, hot and wet summer, I would have said sure when pigs fly. Well clear Runway One, because Augusta's Lavender is arriving for spring 2022.

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Chunk Deuce BBQ's food truck located at Red Bus Food Park — 801 Chestnut St. in San Marcos. Below, Chunk Deuce's Texas Toast Brisket Grilled Cheese, which came with chopped brisket and an overeasy egg stuffed between a grilled cheese Daily Record photos by Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Chunk Deuce BBQ

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 9:06pm

Imagine a delicious, hefty serving of chopped barbecue brisket and an overeasy egg stuffed between a grilled cheese sandwich.

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: Road work ahead

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 6:39pm

The US Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare and much needed bipartisan action to inject funds to fix and expand roads, bridges, water systems, the power grid, and ot

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EXPLORING NATURE: BIRD BRAIN

Sun, 08/08/2021 - 5:00am

It is considered an insult to call someone a “birdbrain.” In truth, it is probably a compliment.

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Answers to Go

Sun, 08/08/2021 - 5:00am

Q. I am interested in raising chickens in the city limits. Can you help me find information about this?

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New permanent art installations add to natural beauty of Price Center Garden

Left, Living Sculpture, by Addie Lopez and right, Mi Jarden, by Susan Warren, are new additions to the Price Center Garden. Photos by Clay DeStefano

New permanent art installations add to natural beauty of Price Center Garden

Sun, 08/08/2021 - 5:00am

Seven new permanent works of art have recently been added to the front Garden of the Price Center by its Arts Committee. The colorful and whimsical pieces include a mosaic torso, a living chair, glass wind chimes, fanciful metal flowers, and naturally rendered twists on honey bees and elephant ear leaves. The new works compliment the Mermaid statue named Dianne that has anchored the corner of the downtown Garden since 2018.

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The Journey Continues: Building duty, honor and country through West Point speech

Sun, 08/08/2021 - 5:00am

On my journey, the best stateside assignment was a tour of duty at the United

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Hamilton ticket buyers, beware: TPA seeks to protect consumers from fraudulent sellers

Sun, 08/08/2021 - 5:00am

Texas Performing Arts will present a limited two week engagement of “Hamilton” at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Dec. 7–19. Tickets for this engagement of Hamilton are not yet on sale. There are, however, numerous third-party sellers advertising tickets they do not actually have, at highly inflated prices. Currently, the only way to secure authentic “Hamilton” tickets for the Austin engagement is as an add-on to a Broadway in Austin season subscription. Texas Performing Arts encourages patrons to be diligent and exercise safe ticket-buying practices.